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Reference WMO/215541

Address:

Church of St Paul the Apostle

High Street

Ashby

Scunthorpe

DN16 2JT

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Celtic cross with a Sword of Sacrifice set on a stone shaft, marble pillar and marble plinth. The whole is set on a stone base and four steps. Each side of the base are two small pillars with a small wall between with a carved wreath and dates. (c IWM 34946) 1925 Unveiled by Sir Berkerley Sheffield, MP on Whit Sunday 31stMay. Dedicated by the Rev. A.E.Day, Erected at Ashby Turn. Roll of Honour handed to Coun. Tomlinson who said it would be handed to the Ashby Librarian for safe custody (Source Scunthorpe Star 6/6/1925) 1963 The British Legion felt that the location at Ashby Turn was unsuitable for a war memorial being sited next to a public toilet, Memorial moved to its present site on Ashby High Street at St Paul's Church (Source Scunthorpe & Frodingham Star 1/11/63)
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